In anticipation of this year’s season’s greeting, we braced ourselves for disappointment, as In Touchreported back in April that genetically unremarkable Kardashian sperm donor Scott Disick “bailed on the shoot for a Vegas appearance at a nightclub where he was seen smoking and drinking all night.” Klever Kardashians avoided a Scott-shaped hole in the picture by Photoshopping the father of two/failed Japanese-restaurant owner into the group shot.

Sadly, the generosity with which Photoshoppers addressed the issues of Scott’s corporeal presence, Khloé’s waistline, and Bruce’s facial fjords did not extend to Mercy, the left-most figure on the bottom row. Despite blissful habitation in a possibly oxygen-sealed glass-topped Ikea end table used as an ersatz Champagne holder, the cat did not flourish as a member of the Kardashian klan. Originally a gift from Kim’s beau Kanye (not pictured), the Persian kitten was redistributed to Kim’s sister’s assistant following Kim’s late-in-life discovery of a cat allergy. A few weeks later, the cruelly named Mercy returned to the arms of hypoallergenic God whence she came. The cause of death: heartbreak—believed to be a complication from kitten stomach cancer.